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The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Missouri-Columbia seeks an Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor beginning January 2011 to coordinate the third level of the Elementary Spanish Program and mentor the graduate and assistant instructors. The teaching load, in addition to coordination duties, is 18 credit hours per year (generally 3 classes per semester involving 2 preparations). The nine-month non-tenure track appointment is renewable annually.

Minimum qualification for the successful candidate is MA in Spanish; PhD in Applied Linguistics or Second Language Acquisition and experience coordinating a beginning language program is preferred. Native or native-like proficiency in both Spanish and English is required, and experience or interest in instructional technology highly desirable. The salary range is $35,000 to $40,000 a year commensurate with qualifications.

Please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and teaching dossier to the address below by October 15, 2010. Review of applicants will begin shortly after to select candidates for phone/Skype interviews.

The University of Missouri-Columbia, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive Institution, is strongly committed to fostering cultural diversity and multicultural awareness among its faculty, students, and staff, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/ADA Employer. Applications from members of underrepresented groups are invited and encouraged.